I can just imagine the eyebrows rising at
the title question! But give me a moment and let’s look at this biblically.
Jesus stated this fact in Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
The message of repentance and being a “new man” or “creature in Christ”
is being overlooked in many pulpits today. If we are going to be witnesses of
the truth, we must preach the whole Gospel. So, that includes leaving the
things the world counts as fun, entertaining and sensual, turning instead to
those things that are acceptable to God.
So many times I hear about what a Christian has given up for Christ. But
you see, that’s not the important thing; it’s what they’ve GAINED that brings
meaning and joy in their life. What you gave up was only things dragging you to
Hell. Gaining Christ is gaining life itself!
Why do so many people think becoming a Christian means giving up fun?
The weak messages from the pulpits, and the intrusion of the world into our
sanctuaries plants these misguided ideas. I have found more fun since I’ve been
a Christian than I ever did before. I just found out what true joy and
happiness was. It’s not material or temporal things only, but being in the will
of Christ.
Here’s the thing, you must die to your sinful self, the one the bible
teaches about, all for the love of Jesus Christ. I want YOU to study your bible
and see what IT says about the subject. Then you can find true life, eternal…
joyous…and worshipful. When you die to self, you gain something more precious
than the world. You gain Heaven.
God bless you!
